THESIS – SYNOPSIS

TITLE: URBAN CITY CENTER

INTRODUCTION:
City center is the area of a city where commerce, entertainment, shopping
and political power are concentrated. Urban city centers have combined
both the shopping, learning and recreational activities with entertainment to
offer an overall experience to visitors. It is a multipurpose leisure-time
destination.
The city center is usually associated with shopping or retail. They are also
commercial and political center of hubs such as hotels and offices. This center
serves a role in architectural intervention that are symbolic to settlements as a
whole often contain best examples of architecture, landmark, status and
public realm.

AIM:
To create a space which can form the node for holding and experiencing
commercial, cultural and social activities.

OBJECTIVES:
• The objective behind the project is to understand the importance and
design a future proof city center that is a commercial cultural and often
a historical, political and geographical heart of the city.
• To create a city center providing an iconic image and a landmark to
the city.
• To dilute the harshness of the ground surface through the network of
green spaces and water features to make the area livelier and more
interesting
• To take into account site considerations and climatic conditions.
• To develop a greater understanding of inter relationship of variety of
spaces, various characters public, semi-public, private, entertainment
center, commercial, administrative etc.

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SCOPE:
• To explore the symbolic character of commerce and culture.
• Explore the inter-relationships of the spaces and challenges of disparities
cause by design which restrict spaces to particular segment of public.
• To evolve future proof contemporary model of conventional Indian
market.
• The project would try to explore the possible integration of the functions
which usually exist at larger distances.
• To create a multi-utility complex that is the confluence of diverse
interests.

LIMITATIONS:
The design shall be limited to creating open, recreational and commercial
spaces, along with parking, circulation and landscaping features.

METHODOLOGY:
1. Selection of a topic
2. Analysing and researching about the topic
3. Synopsis
4. Literature study
5. Desktop study
6. Case study
7. Selection of site
8. Site analysis
9. Analysing pros and cons of the site
10. Understanding area of the site w.r.t requirements of the design
11. Planning of the design
12. Preliminary stage
13. Final detailed project

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 URBAN CITY CENTER

A city is a human settlement with a large population. A city centre is the area
of a city where significant commerce, political, cultural and power is
concentrated. It is often also the geographic centre of a city. Typically, the city
centre will be the first part of a city that was settled, making it the most historic
area.

A city centres plays an important role in the economy of a city, since businesses
benefit from the proximity that the centre offers. It is typically well-connected
to other districts and suburbs, i.e., with good infrastructure and public transport
links, and attractive in terms of employment, education and leisure time. Many
cities share their centre with what is known as the Central Business District
(CBD), although the concepts differ; the CBD is focused solely on economic
and business factors, and is often referred to as the ‘financial district’.

Efforts to improve city centres can be focused on ‘urban renewal’ or

‘regeneration’ To encourage and direct private finance into a particular area
as a supportive measure were market forces have failed.

Densification is a term used by planners, designers, developers and theorists to

describe the increasing density of people living in urban areas, particularly city
centres which can often be the most expensive places to live in the city.

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